Child care · Metro area · California
Child care centers and preschools in the Hanford-Corcoran, CA metro area
How the Hanford-Corcoran, CA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for child care centers and preschools: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #202 of 387 scored metro areas
#23 of 25 scored metro areas based in California
- Listings
- 30
- 3 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $25.1M
- On child care and other personal services · $570 a household
- Spending per listing
- $837K
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.8
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 154,327
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $570 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in the Hanford-Corcoran metro area spend about $25.1M a year on child care and other personal services. That is about $837K of household spending for each center on map listings, 16% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
There are 30 child care centers and preschools on map listings in the Hanford-Corcoran metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.8, 17% above the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in the Hanford-Corcoran metro area in 2023. That is one for every 1,915 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 600 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $81K has gone to businesses classed as child care services in the Hanford-Corcoran metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Hanford-Corcoran metro area grew 1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Hanford-Corcoran metro area scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools, ranking #202 of 387 scored metro areas and #23 of 25 scored metro areas based in California.
How the Hanford-Corcoran metro area compares
The same measures for California and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all child care and other personal services by the child care centers and preschools counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Hanford-Corcoran metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.8 | 6.8 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $837K | $1.3M | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,915 | 1,401 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.1% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $570 | $886 | $581 |
| Median household income | $70,995 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 23
- Employees, 2023
- 78
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 600Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 303 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $81K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in the Hanford-Corcoran metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Hanford-Corcoran metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 154,327+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 44,052
- Median age
- 32.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,391 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 110
- Median household income
- $70,995+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,359
- Median home value
- $324,300
- Jobs located here
- 45,618
- Daytime population
- 145,293Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every California market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in California for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in California, with the Hanford-Corcoran metro area marked.
Top metro areas in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 85 | 693 | 4.8 | $1.6M | +3.5% | #11 of 387 |
| 2Fresno, CA | 79 | 181 | 4.9 | $1.3M | +3.2% | #22 of 387 |
| 3Bakersfield-Delano, CA | 72 | 133 | 4.7 | $1.3M | +2.3% | #45 of 387 |
| 4Visalia, CA | 72 | 74 | 5.2 | $1.1M | +2.4% | #47 of 387 |
| 5Stockton-Lodi, CA | 71 | 175 | 7.1 | $1.1M | +5.5% | #54 of 387 |
| 6Merced, CA | 68 | 50 | 5.8 | $962K | +5.1% | #66 of 387 |
| 7Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 67 | 607 | 6.9 | $1.2M | +3.2% | #71 of 387 |
| 8Modesto, CA | 64 | 110 | 6.2 | $1.1M | +0.7% | #90 of 387 |
| 9Salinas, CA | 62 | 70 | 5.3 | $1.5M | −1.5% | #95 of 387 |
| 10Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 62 | 2,917 | 6.5 | $1.3M | −2.6% | #97 of 387 |
| 23Hanford-Corcoran, CA | 49 | 30 | 6.8 | $837K | +1.0% | #202 of 387 |
Other business types in the Hanford-Corcoran metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
- Child care and preschools49
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Hanford-Corcoran, CA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 30 child care centers and preschools in the Hanford-Corcoran metro area. 3 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts list 600 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Hanford-Corcoran, CA metro area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $25.1M a year, or $570 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $837K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 44,052 households in the Hanford-Corcoran metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Hanford-Corcoran, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Hanford-Corcoran metro area has 6.8 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $837K, 16% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Hanford-Corcoran metro area would have about 25, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,915 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is the Hanford-Corcoran, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Hanford-Corcoran metro area at 154,327 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 44,052 households. Median household income in the Hanford-Corcoran metro area is $70,995, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.7%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Hanford-Corcoran metro area scores 49 for child care centers and preschools (lower middle), #202 of 387 scored metro areas.
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